GRE Word List
ENIGMA
something hard to understand or explain
The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |